THEY'RE JUST DISCOVERING THIS? – AT 9:46 A.M. ET:   Some journalists are actually waking up to the fact that their profession hasn't exactly done the job in reporting on Barack Obama.  From Newsmax: 

Six years into his presidency, Barack Obama remains an enigma — an outsider who has failed to engage himself in the complex world of Washington politics, says Chuck Todd, political director of NBC News and moderator of "Meet the Press."

"The most familiar refrain is how many people feel as if six years in, they still don’t know him, they still don’t quite know what makes him tick," Todd said Tuesday during a visit to "The Steve Malzberg Show" on Newsmax TV.

"I had one Democratic senator who was a big supporter of him in the primary against Hillary Clinton saying '[I] backed the wrong horse, I didn’t realize he hadn't climbed the greasy pole of politics.'"

COMMENT:  Well, light bulbs are finally flashing above important heads.  The coverage of the 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns was a disgrace to journalism.  The coverage in 2008, in particular, will go down as one of the worst moments in modern news gathering.  It got so bad that "Saturday Night Live," a liberal outfit, was actually doing sketches ridiculing the press's bowing down to the new political god.

A president has to know how to do things, not just say things.  The last president to have Obama's aloof, condescending attitude was Jimmy Carter, and you know how that worked out. 

Obama was elected because he represented a racial breakthrough, a moment in history.  That's fine.  We're all for equality and decency.  But wouldn't it have been nice if he were treated equally by the press?  Serious questions about him were essentially disallowed.  Big gaps in his history were ignored.   His first presidential opponent, John McCain, who served this country with distinction, was ridiculed.  Sarah Palin was asked tough questions.   Barack Obama was not. 

November 19, 2014